About Dr. Debra Esser

Have you ever felt extra tired in the winter? We chock it up to the cold and snow. It’s dark when you go to work and it’s dark when you drive home. We know it will get better when spring comes and the days get warmer. To most people, this is just the winter blues,

With the holiday season behind us, it’s a good time for reflection. Take a step back and think for just a few minutes about what matters most. Carve out some time in your busy, hectic schedule for five minutes. Just five. Ask yourself, what could I do that might be helpful to another person, my

You don’t think about it until you have to: retirement. As the time creeps closer, the questions keep popping up from your family and friends. When are you going to retire? What are you going to do after you retire? As a physician, the first thing that comes to mind is, Why would I retire?

As a physician, I've prescribed thousands of doses of narcotics for pain. It's a responsibility I take seriously. Opioids, including prescription opioids and heroin, killed more than 33,000 people in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — more than any year on record. Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths